The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment.A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh's new b ...Show more
Sydney Royal Celebrating 200 Years of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales 1822-2022 by GAVIN FRY
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
A Celebration of 200 years of the RAS of NSW
Titanic: 'Iceberg Ahead' - The Story of the Disaster by Some of Those Who Were There by James W. Bancroft
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
To have sailed on 'the voyage of the century' aboard White Star Line's RMS Titanic - described at the time as 'a floating palace' - was like being one of the first passengers to fly on Concorde.On 10 April 1912, people from all walks of life began embarking on Titanic, then the largest ship afloat, for ...Show more
The Curious History of Weights & Measures by Claire Cock-Starkey
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
0 How long is an ell? What is the largest size of champagne bottle?How do you measure the heat of a chilli pepper? Why is the depth of water measured in fathoms? And what is a cubit?The Curious History of Weights & Measures tells the story of how we have come to quantify the world around us. Looking ...Show more
Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers by Chris Wallace
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics.In 2011, Chris Wallace was writing a biography of Julia Gillard. After seeing the unparalleled onslaught from the Abbott opposition, she cancelled her contract and repaid her advance with the awareness of how ...Show more
Morgenthau - Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty by Andrew Meier
$79.99 AUD
Category: History
An "epic and intimate" (David M. Kennedy) portrait of four generations of the Morgenthau family, a dynasty of power brokers and public officials with an outsize--and previously unmapped--influence extending from daily life in New York City to the shaping of the American Century"Magisterial . . . a vivid ...Show more
Secret Cold War by John Blaxland
$36.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Official History of ASIO Ser.
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to play out across the world. Until now, few would have known of the surprising extent of clandestine operati ...Show more
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly by Leo Kennedy
$24.99 AUD
$35.00 (28% off)
Category: History
Leo Kennedy is the great grandson of Sergeant Michael Kennedy and was raised in the shadow of his great grandfather's murder. Leo is a member of the Blue Ribbon Foundation, which supports police families and honours the memory of police killed in the line of duty. He lives with his family in Melbourne, ...Show more
Tools A Visual History: The Hardware that Built, Measured and Repaired the World by Dominic Chinea
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
A beautifully illustrated celebration of over 150 essential tools. A tool is an object with endless possibilities. Contained within each item is the chance to create, to inspire, to repair and improve. It's no wonder that scientific studies have shown humans are hardwired to appreciate hardware. This bo ...Show more
Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii Plokhy
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the bestselling author of Chernobyl- History of a TragedyFor more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine ...Show more
O'Leary of the Underworld: The Untold Story of the Forest River Massacre by Kate Auty
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A powerful investigation that reveals the deep injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the 1920s In June 1926, a posse of police officers and white civilians murdered at least twenty Oombulgurri people at Forrest River in the Kimberley. After the massacre, a conspiracy of silence ...Show more
Statements from the Soul: The Moral Case for the Uluru Statement from the Heart by Shireen Morris, Damien Freeman
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
A collection of passionate essays from religious leaders arguing for a First Nations Voice to be enshrined in the Australian Constitution. In this ground-breaking collection of essays, diverse religious leaders and thinkers come together to advocate for the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Contributors ...Show more